Well thats exactly what it is. Hm, well what suggestions do you have? I followed a tutorial and all I could get out of it was a weird effect that really only works when people/objects are far away. The one up there was just experimental.

The gta style concept artwork are actually hand painted. You need some good photoshop/paintshop pro/illustrator expereince fir this. For the older artworks, like vice city and SA it is easy to trace a vector of the shape of the person and then add the details over the top. The new GTA IV paintings require paint tool, smudge tool, dodge and burn tools, and general artistic knowledge.

My avatar is GTA style. I made this about 4 years ago. I may need to make an updated one soon. So i may make a tutorial about it.

You have a good start there on the second one. But all you need to do is work into it more in a bit of detail. Like some areas are in need of more detail than others. Like make it a bit more crisp and sharper. While skin is quite flat and bland, eyes and hair need to stand out.

What I do is I use the filters to decrease detail dramatically, and I go in with the handtools to clean up the areas I need to clean up. Namely I use the eraser with like 10 percent opacity. I adjusted the businessman a bit, I'm not sure how it looks now. The second is a new one and my boyfriend insists that its the best i've done but I disagree. Here they are:

EDIT: What I've noticed is the problem is either too much detail or too little detail. Thats why I'm experimenting to see which mixture is best. Also the Faces are the *hardest* part. Somehow I can get the entire body just right but the face is the tricky one.

Hey I was wondering if some of you know any great video tutorials how to make that old vector styled Grand Theft Auto art. I want learn it so badly and mimick the same style we can see in the Vice City Stories artwork or San Andreas. Hey Dupzor if you know any guides give me a link or just make a guide. Please?

Hey I was wondering if some of you know any great video tutorials how to make that old vector styled Grand Theft Auto art. I want learn it so badly and mimick the same style we can see in the Vice City Stories artwork or San Andreas. Hey Dupzor if you know any guides give me a link or just make a guide. Please?